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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-19059: ELSA-2020-4060: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-19059: ELSA-2020-4060: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/21/2019
Created
10/09/2020
Added
10/07/2020
Modified
11/29/2024

Description

Multiple memory leaks in the iwl_pcie_ctxt_info_gen3_init() function in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/ctxt-info-gen3.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering iwl_pcie_init_fw_sec() or dma_alloc_coherent() failures, aka CID-0f4f199443fa. A flaw was found in the way the Intel Wireless driver in the Linux kernel handled resource cleanup during Gen 3 device initialization. This flaw allows an attacker with the ability to restrict access to DMA coherent memory on device initialization, to crash the system.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

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